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FHI 360

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for several positions for
anticipated health programs in southern Africa region. The projects will aim
to work with and strengthen local health systems to deliver high impact health
interventions, particularly in the areas of maternal and newborn health, child
health, nutrition, malaria, and family planning.

Project Director

Responsibilities

The Project Director will be the primary point of contact with funder with
regards to daytoday activity implementation and management matters relating
to the project. The Project Director will have overall responsibility for
assuring that all assistance provided under the award is technically sound and
appropriate for the needs to be addressed and for adequately managing and
supervising the work of all field staff, longterm staff, shortterm staff,
consortium partners, and/or subpartners, as proposed.

Program activities may include multi-stakeholder workshops on prioritization
of needs and development of action plans, learning and research activities,
data analysis and use to inform improvement and decision making, strengthening
quality assurance and improvement systems, organizational and institutional
capacity and system performance assessments, capacity and systems
strengthening technical assistance, leadership and management capacity
strengthening, grant making to local partners, development of guidelines and
tools, technical assistance for the development of national policies and
strategies, and technical and material assistance to support implementation of
national strategies. This position will oversee the entire project team and
will report to an FHI 360 Regional Director based in South Africa.

Requirements

> MB.BS/MD/PHD or similar degree with 10 years of demonstrated successful leadership in managing large, complex programs in a developing country context which includes 5 years of relevant supervisory experience.

> or MS/MA in social science, public health or related field, MPH preferred, and a minimum of 10 years of demonstrated successful leadership in managing large, complex programs within the private sector in a developing country context which includes 5 years relevant supervisory experience.

> Demonstrated leadership in fostering successful partnership approaches and relationships among a variety of varying organizations/institutions;

> Documented experience in providing technical assistance to government officials and non-government partners and stakeholders;

> Demonstrated experience in working with commercial and non-governmental organizations to yield results toward common goals;

> Excellent organizational, analytical and oral and written communication skills;

> Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with senior level government officials, donors, private for-profit and non-profit sectors;

> Knowledge of Southern Africa health systems, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent and nutrition services, and capacity strengthening

> Grant and Contract management experience

> Demonstrated knowledge of different funder policies, procedures and approaches related to program design/implementation, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation; and

> Ability to travel locally and internationally as requested.

Technical Director

Responsibilities

The Technical Director will support and advise the Project Director and other
project staff on various technical fields related to the program (e.g. RMNCAH,
health systems strengthening, policy reform and implementation) and help
design the strategies and approaches to achieve expected results. The
Technical Director will provide strategic technical direction and oversight
for the development, coordination, and implementation of complex and diverse
sets of interventions to produce the project’s expected outcomes. S/he will
ensure that the project provides high-quality capacity building processes and
solutions. S/he will report to the Project Director and supervise a team of
technical advisors and officers providing cross-cutting support to the
project’s technical assistance and systems strengthening activities. S/he will
collaborate closely with the MEL Director (particularly on designing and
implementing project learning and adaptive management strategies and
approaches), and the program, grants, and finance and operations teams.

Requirements

> Medical degree with master’s degree or its equivalent in public health, health administration or related field.

> At least 10 years progressive experience public health programs especially maternal and child health, FP, nutrition, quality improvement, and/or health systems strengthening. Preference to be given to prior experience in southern and eastern Africa.

> Demonstrated leadership capacity to build and lead technical teams.

> Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with senior level officials particularly interacting productively, proactively and comfortably with national and subnational government officials and institutions, NGOs, private sector groups, CSOs, and donor organizations.

> Experience in staff management and performance monitoring are highly desirable.

> Working knowledge of and experience with US Government funded program management, policies, regulations and procedures.

> Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills in English required.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes
nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties.
This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of
employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document
at any time.

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